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Angola's renewed China dependence will bring more pain

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ANGOLA

However, China’s insistence on negotiating debt relief bilaterally and on a loan-by-loan basis will delay efforts to reschedule borrowing, jeopardising Angola’s debt…

Protracted debt talks may stall Ghana's recovery

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GHANA

This follows IMF Executive Board approval, on May 17, of a 36-month USD3bn Extended Credit Facility (ECF) aimed at addressing the country’s debt crisis. This was followed…

Russian farms perform well but face challenges

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RUSSIA

State-supported substitution of banned Western foodstuffs has boosted agriculture, which in 2016 enjoyed its most successful year in the post-Soviet period. Both the wheat harvest…

External threats will see Havana retrench

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CUBA

Cuban retrenchment.

Risk of Greek euro exit has risen but is still small

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GREECE

The prospects for Greek departure from the euro-area.

Trudeau-Biden talks make good optics and some progress

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CANADA/US

Biden and his host, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, worked hard to project positive bilateral relations, stressing their alignment on international issues. There was some progress…

Kishida-Yoon summit will boost trade and security ties

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JAPAN/SOUTH KOREA

South Korea’s opposition party denounced this as a betrayal. Japan made no fresh apology for its pre-1945 colonial rule of Korea and will not compensate victims. Most South…

Canada reform rollout faces few obstacles

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CANADA

Conservatives have also pledged to support reforming the Senate as a non-partisan body and allow Trudeau to use his sizeable House of Commons majority to set policy without Senate…

US-China phase-two trade deals will be issue specific

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INTERNATIONAL

To halt trade hostilities, Beijing promised to buy more US imports, dismantle tariff and non-tariff barriers and open its financial services market to US firms. In return, the…

Cocoa production will increase in Latin America

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LATIN AMERICA

Countries in Central America and the Andean region are looking to expand their production of high quality cacao and cocoa.